TELEGRAM TO M. M. LITVINOV[1]

Written:Written on May 8, 1922Published:First published in 1964 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 45.

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Weshould think that the generally unacceptable nature
of the latest memorandum of the powers is a suitable
pretext for a break-off, but if you do not agree with this, we
consent, considering a break-up predetermined, to leave
it to your discretion to find the most suitable moment for
the break.

[1]Thetelegram, adopted by the Politbureau of the R.C.P.(B.)            

C.C. on May 8, 1922, was written in reply to M. M. Litvinov’s         

telegram of May 6, saying that the Allied memorandum of May 2         

was not an ultimatum, but left open the possibility of continuing     

negotiations, and that the Soviet delegation at Genoa was making      

efforts to avoid a break-up of the talks, and spoke of the need to    

have Politbureau directives on the line the delegation was to         

take.